Tony Kaster’s prairie stretches across 80 acres in Marysville Township, an hour west of downtown Minneapolis. On a recent afternoon, a goldfinch flits past a field of golden alexanders. A great blue ...

Their new book, Sea of Grass, The Conquest, Ruin and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie, comes out May 27th. Download transcript (PDF) Transcription services provided by 3Play Media .

Great grasses for Minnesota gardens. May 26, 2017 at 7:26PM. Comment. Gift. Share. ... "Don't plant it near a wetland or prairie where you might not see seedlings coming up," said Meyer.

A new book traces how the American prairie was nearly destroyed and why its return is so necessary for our future.

A butterfly species once common on Minnesota’s prairie is fluttering again over native flowers and grasses. Hundreds of endangered Dakota skipper butterflies were re-introduced recently to ...

So began the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society, which marks its 50th anniversary Saturday, April 22 – Earth Day – in Rothsay, Minnesota, site of this year’s annual meeting.

Under the tall prairie grass in far southwestern Minnesota lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes essential ...

PIPESTONE, Minn. — Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried ...

Sheep are being used to help maintain a solar farm 02:24. Hundreds of sheep are hard at work this spring in central Minnesota — not on a farm, but beneath solar panels.

PIPESTONE, Minn. Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and ...

PIPESTONE, Minn. — Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried ...